Asked by: Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of exempting care homes and residential homes from their obligation to play the licence fee.
Answered by Margot James
Accommodation for Residential Care licences are already available for people who are either over 60 years old or disabled and living in eligible accommodation. The types of eligible accommodation include residential care homes, supported housing or sheltered accommodation and the criteria is detailed in the Communications (Television Licensing) Regulations 2004. The annual licence currently costs £7.50 per resident. The Government has no plans to review these licences.